Crock bail or handle



(ModL) B. GOODYEAR.

Crook Bail or Handle; No. 231,791. Patented Augf31, 188C,

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4? Q BY MQ ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATE PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN GOODYEAR, OF GARLISLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

CROCK BAIL OR HANDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 231,791, dated August 31, 1-880,

' Application filed June 15, 1880. (ModeL) To all whom it may concern v Be it known that I, BENJAMIN GOODYEAR, of Garlisle, in the county-of Cumberland and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Crock Bail or Handle, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive detachable bail orhandle for crooks that may instantly be applied or removed therefrom.

Theinvention consists, essentially, of a stout wire bail bent in the shape of a figure 8, and having a curved clamp on each end, so that the said clamps shall be in a horizontal plane and with their concave faces opposite each other, in order that when said clamps are applied to the opposite sides of a crock or other object they will grasp said crock or other object with a pressure dependent upon the upward pull exerted on the upper loop, which forms the handle of the device.

The drawing represents a front elevation of the device applied to a crock.

1n the drawing, A represents the crock bail or handle, provided with a horizontal handle, a, doubly curved and crossed legs I) b, and on the ends of the legs I) b with inwardly-curved clamps c c, which clamps 0 0 may consist of plates of metal, as herein shown or may be formed by bending the ends of the wire or rod of which the crock bail or handle is composed back on themselves to form loops that may be afterward compressed and bent in curves to fit upon the sides of the crock B; or, instead of the plain clamps c 0 herein shown, hooks 5 may be formed on or attached to the ends of the legs b b with which to grasp the crock B or other object.

The device is especially designed for application to crooks devoid of handles, the clamps 40 c 0 being applied to the crock immediately beneat-h the rim d thereof, so that they shall not slip therefrom. V

A crock bail or handle of this construction and of a given size can be applied to crooks of different sizes.

The legs b I) being spread apart, the clamps c c are applied below the rim (Z of the crock, and as the said crock B and crock bail or handle A are raised by the handle a, the said clamps c c grasp the said crock B with a lateral pressure proportionate tothe weight of said crock B, so that said crock B can be carried about without risk of becoming detached.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

As an improved article of manufacture, a crock handle or bail constructed substantially as herein shown and described, consisting of 

